Part of the Rolls Series of publications of historical documents in the public domain, this two-volume collection, published 1862 6, brings together the most interesting and important correspondence of Henry III, his Court, the nobility and bishops. Transcribed from the fragile originals in the Public Record Office, the letters are given in the original Latin. A chronological table provides dates and details of each letter with a short summary of its contents in English. The editor, Walter Waddington Shirley (1828 66), started his academic career as a mathematician, and ended it as Regius...

Part of the Rolls Series of publications of historical documents in the public domain, this two-volume collection, published 1862 6, brings together the most interesting and important correspondence of Henry III, his Court, the nobility and bishops. Transcribed from the fragile originals in the Public Record Office, the letters are given in the original Latin. A chronological table provides dates and details of each letter with a short summary of its contents in English. The editor, Walter Waddington Shirley (1828 66), started his academic career as a mathematician, and ended it as Regius...